'MacGyver' Robot Could Make Use Of Objects It Finds

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External News Details
  • Publication: Popular Science
  • Article URL: http://bit.ly/Rf8OvA
  • Dateline: Wednesday October 10, 2012

Mike Stilman (Interactive Comp), who studies robot navigation among movable obstacles, is studying the cognitive processes that enable humans to grab arbitrary objects and find creative new uses for them. Source: Popular Science

 

Additional Information

Groups

College of Computing, School of Interactive Computing

Categories
Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Digital Media and Entertainment, Robotics
Keywords
Mike Stillman; Golem Krang; Robotics; MacGyver Bot; rescue
Status
  • Created By: Michaelanne Dye
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Oct 10, 2012 - 7:31am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:26pm